Dan Gilvezan

Dan Gilvezan (born October 26, 1950 in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.) is an actor who provided the voice for Peter Parker/Spider-Man on the 1980s animated series Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends and the voice of the Autobots Bumblebee, Outback and Hot Spot and the Decepticon Snapdragon in the original 1984-1987 Transformers cartoon (and its 1986 feature-length movie). He also voiced Brick Bradley/Bugman on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for two episodes as well as Dirk Courage on Spiral Zone. Dan also played Cooler in the Pound Puppies animated special and the unrelated Saturday morning TV series.

Dan returned to the Spider-Man Universe to lend his voice to Miguel O'Hara/Spider-Man 2099 in Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions. In an interview with 2D-X.com, Dan stated "After a 25 year hiatus, I feel I finally have a grasp of the character. Seriously, the whole experience has been a delight."

Auditions

According to an interview in the Transformers Collectors Club magazine Gilvezan auditioned for the part of Spike Witwicky in The Transformers.^[1]

Television guest starring roles

He has also guest starred on many television shows including Diagnosis: Murder, The Bernie Mac Show, NYPD Blue, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, Family Ties, ALF, thirtysomething, Punky Brewster, Archie Bunker's Place, Hill Street Blues, Newhart, Moonlighting, Normal, Ohio, Perfect Strangers, Sisters, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Step by Step, Evening Shade, Alice, Bette, Bones, She-Wolf of London" and Boston Legal. Between 1983-1986, he appeared in commercials as the spokesperson for Jack in the Box restaurants.

References

1. ^ "The TCC Presents...". Transformers Collectors Club Magazine 1 (41): 3. October/November 2011. 

External links

• Dan Gilvezan at the Internet Movie Database
• Official website
• 2D-X.com

Preceded by Ted Schwartz	Voice or portrayal of Spider-Man 1982-1983	Succeeded by Christopher Daniel Barnes
Preceded by None	Voice of Bumblebee 1984-1986	Succeeded by Mark Ryan

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Name	Gilvezan, Dan
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Date of birth	October 26, 1950
Place of birth	St. Louis, Missouri
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